October 26th Morning Readbook

Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape
DEADLIEST ATTACKS IN TWO YEARS
'A clear message' to Maliki before elections


Maliki blames Qaeda, Baathist for attack
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has issued a statement blaming al-Qaeda and Baathi supporters of the former dictator Saddam Hussein for the deadly attack in the country.


Clinton visiting Pakistan as friend: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON: Special US Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is coming to Pakistan as a friend, not with conditions but with support for the democratically-elected government and the people of Pakistan.


PREVIEW - Afghanistan in focus at trilateral meet in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China will meet on Tuesday with the threat of rising Taliban violence in Afghanistan and ways to rebuild the war-torn country expected to be major topics.


U.S. tested 2 Afghan scenarios in war game
Obama and advisers evaluating exercise that used different troop levels
The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by the Pentagon and are being weighed by the Obama administration as part of a broad-based review of the faltering Afghanistan war, senior military officials said.


India Meets With China on Settling Disputes
NEW DELHI -- The prime ministers of India and China said they would seek to build trust between their two countries, after recent spats over trade, visas and an ill-defined border underscored growing frictions between the two Asian giants.


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